coco crisp and daric barton each drove in two runs, and the athletics beat miguel cover and the detroit tigers 8-6. cabrera hit his 43rd homer, bolstering his pursuit of another triple crown, but barton had a tie-breaking r.b.i. single and eloquence to run sixth inning. crisp also had a solo homer during his three hit performance. a.j. griffin allowed four runs and seven hits and five plus innings, but managed to win for the first time since july 29th. the right- hander was 0-2 with a 3.47 era in his previous four starts on to the giants, looks like they're gearing up for next year mode. placing relief pitcher harvey r. lopez on waivers with the hope of trading him for it and it's very zito is trying to our roster spot for next year last night did not help reid zito allowed five runs and nine hits and struck out one in four innings in his second start since being put back into the rotation for if he is 0-8 with a 9.61 era on the road this season. the colorado rockies beat the san francisco giants 6-1. if the latest edition of the farmer's almanac is right, get ready for a bitterly cold